Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	3920
Country	Japan

Received	2013-06-02 17:33
Peer-Review Started	2013-06-02 23:06
To Make the First Decision	2013-07-05 18:18
Return for Revision	2013-07-15 23:02
Revised	2013-08-18 02:05
Second Decision	2013-09-29 13:00
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2013-09-29 22:21
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Risk factors to predict severe postoperative pancreatic fistula following gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Shuhei Komatsu, Daisuke Ichikawa, Kingo Kashimoto, Takeshi Kubota, Kazuma Okamoto, Hirotaka Konishi, Atsushi Shiozaki, Hitoshi Fujiwara and Eigo Otsuji
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Corresponding Author	Shuhei Komatsu, MD, Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachihirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan. skomatsu@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Key Words	Pancreatic fistula; International Study Group on Pancreatic Fistula classification; Gastric cancer; Gastrectomy; Complication
Core Tip	Although several possible risk factors associated with the occurrence of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) have been reported, there have been no generally accepted risk factors to predict POPF changing into extremely severe POPF. In this study, we demonstrated that older patients (P = 0.035) and those with lower lymphocyte counts at the diagnosis of POPF (P = 0.007) were significantly associated with extremely severe International Study Group on Pancreatic Fistula grade C POPF, and a low lymphocyte count was identified as an independent risk factor by multivariate analysis (P = 0.045, OR = 10.45).
Publish Date	2013-12-18 10:00
Citation	Komatsu S, Ichikawa D, Kashimoto K, Kubota T, Okamoto K, Konishi H, Shiozaki A, Fujiwara H, Otsuji E. Risk factors to predict severe postoperative pancreatic fistula following gastrectomy for gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(46): 8696-8702
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i46/8696.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8696

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